JPMorganChase Data Scientist interview experience

I was a new grad master’s student, which made the whole thing tougher than I expected, because they seemed to expect real, hands-on experience building data systems and pipelines. The scenario-based questions were especially hard to answer because I didn’t have the same depth of prior “in production” experience to lean on.

My first round was with two VPs, and it combined a verbal technical portion with resume discussion. They probed my background, but the questions kept pulling me toward more than just opinions—they wanted substance around how I’d think through building systems. After that,